Latin edit

Etymology edit

Found in Late Latin. From os +‎ -ōsus.

Adjective edit

ossuōsus (feminine ossuōsa, neuter ossuōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. full of bones

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ossuōsus ossuōsa ossuōsum ossuōsī ossuōsae ossuōsa
Genitive ossuōsī ossuōsae ossuōsī ossuōsōrum ossuōsārum ossuōsōrum
Dative ossuōsō ossuōsō ossuōsīs
Accusative ossuōsum ossuōsam ossuōsum ossuōsōs ossuōsās ossuōsa
Ablative ossuōsō ossuōsā ossuōsō ossuōsīs
Vocative ossuōse ossuōsa ossuōsum ossuōsī ossuōsae ossuōsa

Descendants edit

  • Aromanian: usos
  • Catalan: ossós
  • French: osseux
  • Italian: ossoso
  • Occitan: ossós
  • Portuguese: ossoso
  • Romanian: osos
  • Spanish: (cultured) ososo, huesoso

References edit

  • ossuosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ossuosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette